The Night Before Christmas
by Moore, Clement C. and Arthur Rackham
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G (Slight soiling to binding; much aging to dust jacket and some top edge wear as well; glossy pages are clean and clear.)
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co, nd. Hardcover. G (Slight soiling to binding; much aging to dust jacket and some top edge wear as well; glossy pages are clean and clear.). Arthur Rackham. Red cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, gilt decoration on front cover, white & color illus. dust jacket, unpaginated, 4 color plates, BW illus. Clement C. Moore's classic story is accompanied by the wonderful, whimsical scenes rendered by English children's book illustrator Arthur Rackham (1867-1939). No date appears on this slim tome, but the dust jacket says "Eighth Printing." Perhaps 1950s. No matter. Still the same nice plates and illus. by Rackham.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 145175
- Title
- The Night Before Christmas
- Author
- Moore, Clement C. and Arthur Rackham
- Illustrator
- Arthur Rackham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G (Slight soiling to binding; much aging to dust jacket and some top edge wear as well; glossy pages are clean and clear.)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Co
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- nd
- Keywords
- European Artists ; Rackham, Arthur ; Moore, Clement C. ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- ND
- no publisher's date given
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...